The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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